Beniamino Pizziol, born 15 June 1947 in Ca’ Vio-Treporti is an Italian Roman Catholic bishop.
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Biography
He was ordained priest on 3 December 1972 by Albino Luciani
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, Cardinal Patriarch of Venice (later Pope John Paul I). From 1972 to 1987, he was an assistant pastor, and from 1987 to 2002 pastor of San Trovaso, Venice and in charge of campus ministry. From 1996 to 2002 he was assistant to some Catholic organizations and from 1997 to 2002 Pro-Vicar Forane. From 1999 to 2002, he was a member of the Priest Consultants.
Bishop
On 5 January 2008 Pope Benedict XVI
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appointed him Auxiliary bishop of Venice and Titular Bishop
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of Aemona
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, Patriarch of Venice with Patriarch Emeritus Cardinal Marco Cé
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Biography
Marco Cé was born in Izano in 1925 to ...
and Eugenio Ravignani
Eugenio Ravignani (10 December 1932 – 7 May 2020) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop.
Ravignani was born in Italy and was ordained to the priesthood in 1955. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vittorio Veneto, Italy, from ...
, Bishop of Trieste, as co-consecrators.
On 16 April 2011 he was appointed Bishop of Vicenza. On 9 September he was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Venice, pending the appointment of a new Patriarch, who was installed on 25 March 2012.
References
External links
Short biography
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Living people
1947 births
Clergy from the Metropolitan City of Venice
Bishops of Vicenza
21st-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops